Whitman Mentor Program

The Whitman Mentor Program strives to foster positive relationships between public school students and Whitman mentors. The mentors seek to improve the students' chance of succeeding academically and socially.

The Whitman Mentor Program matches Whitman volunteers with elementary and middle school students in cooperation with the schoools' teachers and school counselor. The Whitman volunteers meet with their students once or twice per week during the lunch hour.

Mentors and students play on the playground, work on schoolwork, read, or do other activities together in the classroom. The mentors serve as role models and become stable, reliable friends to their students. Volunteers mentor from October to early May during the Whitman College academic year.